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Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 17 December

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Regulator criticised for not opening inquiry into charity chaired by man barred from UK – NSS extensively quoted

The NSS has criticised the Charity Commission for not opening a statutory inquiry into a charity that promotes extremist views.

Third Sector

 

SPAC Nation: Church group 'financially exploited members'

An evangelical church praised for helping ex-gang members has been accused of financially exploiting young people from its congregation.

BBC

 

Supreme Court to hear appeal over arrangements by housing association to allocate properties only to members of religious community

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal over whether a charitable housing association's arrangements for allocating housing, which amount to direct discrimination on the ground of religion, were lawful.

Local Government Lawyer

 

'Extremist books promoting ISIS' removed from Islamic school in Birmingham

An Islamic school has removed 'extremist' books from its library which promoted ISIS and warned against befriending Jews and Christians.

Birmingham Live

 

Church of England school branded 'inadequate' by Ofsted inspectors

A voluntary aided school in Hartlepool has been branded "inadequate" by education watchdogs amid concerns over both attainment and bullying.

Hartlepool Mail

 

China says footballer was ‘deceived by fake news’ after he criticises treatment of Uighur Muslims

China's foreign ministry has said Arsenal's Mesut Ozil was "deceived by fake news" after he criticised the country's treatment of Uighur Muslims. Beijing had already decided not to show a game he played in on Sunday on TV in response to his criticism.

BBC

 

Indian students join fierce protests against ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law

Intense protests against a divisive Indian citizenship law that excludes Muslims have spread to university campuses across the country, fuelled by a brutal police crackdown on a demonstration in Delhi at the weekend.

The Guardian

 

‘Religious discrimination bill: what will Australians be allowed to say and do if it passes?’

An explanatory memo from the Australian government outlines how a new bill's far-reaching effects will change public life dramatically – in medical services, schools, offices and hospitals.

The Guardian

 

Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan

A handful of people have gone public as survivors of Catholic clerical sexual abuse in Japan, where values of conformity and harmony have resulted in a strong code of silence.

AP

  

Latest from the NSS

 

Regulator hasn’t investigated charity promoting Islamist extremism

A regulator hasn't investigated Islamic Research Foundation International despite receiving five complaints about it, the NSS can reveal.

  

Watch: BBC Panorama

 

BBC Panorama: Conned by my church

Greg McKenzie investigates accusations of financial irregularities against the Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church, a charity dedicated to tackling gang violence and crime.

  

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